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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meat does Marta serve Utz and the narrator?
(a) Duck.
(b) Beef.
(c) Chicken.
(d) Pork.

2. What kind of candlestick does Marta bring into the room?
(a) A Dresden candletick.
(b) A Meissen candlestick.
(c) A Commedia dell'Arte candlestick.
(d) A Tabor candlestick.

3. What does Utz say people once believed Crystals turned into?
(a) Snails.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) Babies.
(d) Rubies.

4. What Asian country had a huge impact on European imagination?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) India.
(d) Vietnam.

5. Who did Utz rescue Marta from?
(a) An American officer.
(b) A mob.
(c) A KGB officer.
(d) A prison guard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Utz say it is too late for a woman to love him for?

2. What famous event is almost a year away?

3. Whose body did the Christian equate gold to?

4. What is the name of the one exhibition open at the Rudolfine Museum?

5. What does Utz believe porcelain is the antidote to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Utz say he took up alchemical studies?

2. Why does the woman on the train disgust Utz?

3. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

4. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

5. How does Utz react when the narrator asks to see his bathroom?

6. Describe Utz's bathrobe.

7. Why is Augustus the Strong one of Utz's heros?

8. What does Utz remember about the mushroom season?

9. Why did Utz decide to leave Czechoslovakia?

10. What does the narrator see in Utz's bedroom?

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